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[rancher1913]

a friend was given a box of dupont black powder or so the wooden box said, when he opened it, it contained real dupont black powder but it was in hard compacted rolls with a hole down the centre. the wrapper said dupont black powder #5. it looks like a stick of dynamite until you unwrap it. my guess is it was used before dynamite and the hole was for a blasting cap, any body got any info on what these were for.

[M-Tecs]

No blasting cap needed. If that's what it is the hole is for the fuze

[John Wayne]

Ok, next will come the "put a little hair around it" jokes. [smilie=w:

[M-Tecs]

Ok, next will come the "put a little hair around it" jokes. [smilie=w:

Changed from fuzz to fuse.........I can spell I just can't type. I kind of liked the fuzz version better......Thanks, I got a good laugh at myself

[GhostHawk]

Little Giant blasting powder.

[rancher1913]

problem is its not powder, its a round hard tube. its the same hardness as the pucks from my homemade after they come out of the 20 ton press.

the hole is about 3/8 inch. how big was the fuse back then. the stick is about 10 inches long and about 2 inches in diameter.

[rancher1913]

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[rancher1913]

they look kind of like that but the paper is red and they are one piece. looks like maybe for a cannon of some sort.

[M-Tecs]

I have watched a canon fired with this type of fuse. It's possible they used this type with a regular fuse to ensure ignition.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrej-BfbLIs